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# waterloo

proper noun (Waterloo — a name of a place); noun (a waterloo — a final defeat, as in "meet your Waterloo")

«waterloo» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (a name) Waterloo is a town in Belgium where Napoleon was finally defeated in 1815 by British, Dutch, Belgian and Prussian armies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterloo/#m1)
2. Waterloo is a big railway station and area in London. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterloo/#m2)
3. To meet your Waterloo means to suffer a final defeat after a long run of success. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterloo/#m3)
4. "Waterloo" is also a famous 1974 song by the Swedish band ABBA. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterloo/#m4)

### In the lessons

In history lessons it ends the Napoleonic Wars. In the UK it is a station and many places named after the battle. In everyday speech "meet your Waterloo" means final defeat. Phrases: the Battle of Waterloo, Waterloo Station, meet your Waterloo.

### Examples

- Napoleon lost the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterloo/#x1)
- We took the train to London Waterloo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterloo/#x2)
- The champion finally met his Waterloo in the final. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterloo/#x3)
- The Duke of Wellington led the British army at Waterloo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterloo/#x4)
- ABBA won Eurovision with "Waterloo". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterloo/#x5)
- Waterloo is also a city in Ontario, Canada. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterloo/#x6)

### Note

Written with a capital W. "Meet your Waterloo" is an idiom; the place itself is a small town south of Brussels.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «waterloo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterloo/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«waterloo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/waterloo.html) on Mova free.